Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

is one of the simplest and best known federal aviation regulations, and it clearly defines the most essential job as a pilot: to be the boss for the entire flight. Consider the amazing picture below, taken on the flight deck of a Boeing 314 flying boat over 80 years ago.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While many believe that down-pull blinds are simply more susceptible to turbulence or heavy landings, making them more likely to simply drop down, there is an even more logical explanation than this. This again is a safety feature, but one which has traditionally been misinterpreted.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

FAA Federal Aviation Administration The FAA is the US federal government agency in charge of aviation standards, air traffic control, airspace safety, and the certification of personnel and aircraft. Then that is BVLOS, even if the drone is just 100 feet away. The list of accepted MOCs is available at the FAA website.

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

The limitations of weather radar came up in the discussion about the extreme turbulence suffered by Singapore Airlines flight SQ321. A meteorologist from Austrocontrol, who supply air traffic control in Austrian airspace, has claimed that the thunderstorm cell was visible and pilots had been warned of the dangerous weather conditions.

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 7, 2025

The First Officer, Dionisio Lpez, was nearly as experienced as Carlos with 12,000 flight hours. An Instructor Pilot, Arturo Soley, was also on the flight deck, to monitor the performance of this new plane for the airline. They were having fun, showing passengers their new, modern, flight deck, which was allowed then.

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Pilot Institute

MAY 8, 2025

From there, it gets routed like mail to the intended recipient: an airline operations center or an air traffic control unit. Functions and Features of ACARS Operational Messaging One of ACARS biggest jobs is keeping flight crews and airline operations teams in sync. Thats Digital ATIS, and yes, it uses ACARS.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

With wider availability of airborne connectivity, having integration of remote weather (such as satellite, turbulence, or Next Generation Weather Radar [NEXRAD]) ahead of planned flight routes is a significant boost to safety and efficiency. Parity is error detection. Senior contributor David Bjellos has been writing for PP since 2004.

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